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Review
. 2021;30(1):27-35.
doi: 10.1097/QMH.0000000000000289.

A Health Care Value Framework for Physical Therapy Primary Health Care Organizations

Rutger Friso IJntema  1 , Di-Janne Barten, Hans B Duits, Brian V Tjemkes, Cindy Veenhof
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Review

A Health Care Value Framework for Physical Therapy Primary Health Care Organizations

Rutger Friso IJntema et al. Qual Manag Health Care. 2021.

Abstract

Background and objective: To develop a health care value framework for physical therapy primary health care organizations including a definition.

Method: A scoping review was performed. First, relevant studies were identified in 4 databases (n = 74). Independent reviewers selected eligible studies. Numerical and thematic analyses were performed to draft a preliminary framework including a definition. Next, the feasibility of the framework and definition was explored by physical therapy primary health care organization experts.

Results: Numerical and thematic data on health care quality and context-specific performance resulted in a health care value framework for physical therapy primary health care organizations-including a definition of health care value, namely "to continuously attain physical therapy primary health care organization-centered outcomes in coherence with patient- and stakeholder-centered outcomes, leveraged by an organization's capacity for change."

Conclusion: Prior literature mainly discussed health care quality and context-specific performance for primary health care organizations separately. The current study met the need for a value-based framework, feasible for physical therapy primary health care organizations, which are for a large part micro or small. It also solves the omissions of incoherent literature and existing frameworks on continuous health care quality and context-specific performance. Future research is recommended on longitudinal exploration of the HV (health care value) framework.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Study selection for health care value for physical therapy primary health care organizations.
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Health care value framework for physical therapy primary health care organizations.
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